Happy, happy birthday and congratulations on commencement! As a little treat for you, I have built this webpage to house some of our ideas for activities this summer. Each tab is dedicated to one activity or group of activities (excluding the “Other” tab). Click on one and you will find information about the activity! I really hope you enjoy this..I love you and can’t wait to explore all of these things this Summer!
In the beginning of June, (exact times, dates, and locations are excluded for privacy reasons…) we will be travelling to the Burlington, VT area! All thanks to you and your amazing surprise for me. So, I wanted to put some of the food places and possible activities into here for you. This way, we can have them all in one place and refer to them easily. By the way, I’ve only included two restaurants here since we’ll be there for a short time and many of the options are not very vegetarian friendly. Enjoy!
Located at 83 Huntington Road in Richmond, VT, The Stone Corral Brewery is a local favorite. There’s lots of things to get excited about at this brewery.
Credit: Stone Corral
Flights!
Of course, we can’t go to a brewery that doesn’t offer flights! They have some amazing fruity flavors that I think you would like, including a Strawberry Rhubarb Gose.
Other Drinks
If you’re not feeling a flight, they have some other drinks that you might enjoy. They’ve got margaritas, they’ve got a special moscow mule that features Maine Root Spicy Ginger Beer, a cocktail that features citizen cider, cherry sparkling cider, and lemon, and finally, they serve a shandy: a local cider made with lemonade! Lots of great options to drink here.
Apps
This place has it all!! Pretzel bites two ways: choose the salted pub pretzel bites for your classic pretzel with dipping cheese, or choose the Montreal pretzel bites for a pretzel with a twist (no pun intended): these babies have Montreal seasoning (whatever that means) and are served with..are you ready… a garlic maple aioli. YUM!! In addition to these, they have chips with salsa & queso and sweet potato wedges.
The Main Course
I must say that a lot of this menu is made up of meaty options, but there’s still something there for us vegetarians. They’ve got burritos and burrito bowls which can be without meat, and a vegetarian taco where the main filling is sweet potato & pinto bean hash. They’ve got a whole nachos section on the menu! Multiple of these options are vegetarian. They’ve also got a mac & cheese section. The mac & cheese features brown butter bread crumbs and scallions. Drool!
Overall, this place is a classic pub/brewery with a local, somewhat hipster vibe. Lots of great options to eat & drink!
Located in downtown Burlington, this restaurant boasts that it is a “rustic-chic Italian nook serving wood-fired pizza along with upmarket pasta dishes & regional wines.” I would call this one the slightly fancier Highbrow of Burlington.
Credit: Silvia McCracken on Google Reviews
Drinks
Unfortunately, no flights here. It looks like they mostly pride themselves on their wine selection. I’m sure they have some beers and cocktails, but there’s no full drink menu and not many drink pictures, so hard to tell exactly what they have.
Apps (Or Primi, in this case..)
At Pascolo, we can start with their caesar salad, the fried mozzarella with basil aioli, or the local burratini with bread, pesto, and olive oil. Classic Italian!
The Main Course
There are 2 important sections on the menu that you’re going to want to look at: Pasta and Wood Fired Pizza. They’ve got lots to choose from! In the pasta section, the most exciting part is the gnocchi. They make their own gnocchi and serve it 3 different ways, all of which are vegetarian! The one that looks best is the sorrentina: gnocchi with tomato basil sauce, mozzarella, basil, and parmigiano. Yum!
In the pizza section, there’s plenty of classics that you would expect. The two that I am most excited about are the margherita (pomodoro, extra virgin olive oil, mozzarella, basil) and the tomato pie (pomodoro, extra virgin olive oil, sliced garlic, parmigiano). It all sounds so good!!! Don’t you think??
Of course, while in Vermont we have to get a creemee! Unfortunately, it looks like most of the creemee places are things like little stands that are only open seasonally. So, I have included a few different options for us.
This place is generally a chocolate shop, but in the center of Burlington they have a cute little cafe. They have lots of treats here and get good reviews. I think it might be a cute little place to stop in and grab a chocolate or an ice cream cone.
Credit: Lake Champlain Chocolates
This place is one of the creemee stands that I mentioned earlier. They are closed currently (only doing some weird takeout thing for hard ice cream) but I put it down because thought we could check back in a month. It’s one of the higher rated ones so I think this would be a good choice if it is open.